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MSalin2 on ESPN!

15:09 UTC August 18, 2010 by Seth Shafer

While ESPN only showed two hands that MSalin2 was involved in (both of which he folded on the flop), our young bwin star did get some face time on the most recent WSOP episode broadcast on ESPN.

He spent his entire Day 1 playing with Darvin Moon on the ESPN featured table, getting to witness firsthand some of Moon's "interesting" plays (including checking the absolute nuts in position and getting a one-hand penalty).

Despite the pressure of playing in front of the lights and cameras he more than held his own and survived Day 1 before bowing out about midway through Day 2.

Check out the latest ESPN broadcast of the 2010 WSOP to see MSalin2 mixing it up with Darvin Moon on the feature table.

The 2010 WSOP on ESPN

03:20 UTC August 9, 2010 by Seth Shafer

ESPN is now showing coverage of the 2010 WSOP each Tuesday night, with episodes so far focusing on the $50,000 Player's Championship event that Michael "the Grinder" Mizrachi won, as well as coverage from the Tournament of Champions $1 million freeroll.

That's just the appetizer for the main course, with coverage of the 2010 Main Event starting shortly. Keep your eyes peeled in coming days, as both MSalin2 and Baldomer0 spent time on the featured ESPN players, so hopefully we'll catch a few peeks of bwin players in action in upcoming ESPN episodes.

2010 WSOP Results

15:35 UTC July 26, 2010 by Seth Shafer

While there's still the tiny little matter of finishing the final table for the 2010 WSOP Main Event to wrap up in November, the 2010 WSOP is largely in the books, with a total of 57 different events held. A record 72,966 players took part in the 57 events, generating a total prize pool of just over $187 million that went to players skilled and lucky enough to cash in various events.

As far as big stories from the 2010 WSOP, it'll largely be remembered as the year of Michael Mizrachi and Frank Kassela (with the player of the year award coming down to those two players as well, with Mizrachi needing to win the Main Event to tie Kassela for player of the year honors). Mizrachi won the $50,000 Player's Championship event and had a huge Main Event run to reach the final table and reserve a spot in the November 9. Kassela broke through to win two bracelets as well as notching other multiple big cashes.

Below are the full results for all 57 2010 WSOP events, with just the conclusion of the Main Event waiting to be decided:

# Event Entries Winner Prize money
1 $500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em 721 Hoai Pham $71.424
2 $50.000 The Poker Player's Championship 116 Michael Mizrachi $1.559.046
3 $1.000 No Limit Hold'em 4.345 Aadam Daya $625.872
4 $1.500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better 818 Michael Chow $237.140
5 $1.500 No Limit Hold'em 2.092 Praz Bansi $515.501
6 $5.000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout 358 Joshua Tieman $441.692
7 $2.500 2–7 Triple Draw Lowball 291 Peter Gelencser $180.730
8 $1.500 No Limit Hold'em 2.341 Pascal LeFrancois $568.974
9 $1.500 Pot Limit Hold'em 650 James Dempsey $197.470
10 $10.000 Seven Card Stud Championship 150 Men Nguyen $394.807
11 $1.500 No Limit Hold'em 2.563 Simon Watt $614.248
12 $1.500 Limit Hold'em 625 Matt Matros $189.870
13 $1.000 No Limit Hold'em 3.042 Steven Gee $472.479
14 $1.500 No Limit 2–7 Draw Lowball 250 Yan Chen $92.817
15 $10.000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship 170 Frank Kassela $447.442
16 $1.500 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed 1.663 Carter Phillips $482.774
17 $5.000 No Limit Hold'em 792 Jason DeWitt $818.959
18 $2.000 Limit Hold'em 476 Eric Buchman $203.607
19 $10.000 No Limit 2–7 Draw Lowball Championship 101 David Baker $294.321
20 $1.500 Pot Limit Omaha 885 John Barch $256.919
21 $1.500 Seven Card Stud 408 Richard Ashby $140.467
22 $1.000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em Championship 1.054 Vanessa Hellebuyck $192.132
23 $2.500 Limit Hold'em Six Handed 384 Dutch Boyd $234.065
24 $1.000 No Limit Hold'em 3.289 Jeffrey Tebben $503.389
25 $10.000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship 212 Sam Farha $488.241
26 $2.500 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed 1.245 William Haydon $630.031
27 $1.500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better 644 David Warga $208.682
28 $2.500 Pot Limit Omaha 596 Miguel Proulx $315.311
29 $10.000 Limit Hold'em Championship 171 Matt Keikoan $425.969
30 $1.500 No Limit Hold'em 2.394 Mike Ellis $581.851
31 $1.500 H.O.R.S.E. 828 Konstantin Puchkov $256.820
32 $5.000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed 568 Jeffrey Papola $667.433
33 $2.500 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha 482 Luis Velador $260.517
34 $1.000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em Championship 3.142 Harold Angle $487.994
35 $10.000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Championship 256 Ayaz Mahmood $625.682
36 $1.000 No Limit Hold'em 3.102 Scott Montgomery $481.760
37 $3.000 H.O.R.S.E. 478 Phil Ivey $329.840
38 $10.000 Pot Limit Hold'em Championship 268 Valdemar Kwaysser $617.214
39 $1.500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout 1.397 Steven Kelly $382.725
40 $2.500 Seven Card Razz 365 Frank Kassela $214.085
41 $1.500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better 847 Steve Jelinek $245.871
42 $1.500 No Limit Hold'em 2.521 Dean Hamrick $604.222
43 $10.000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship 241 Ian Gordon $611.666
44 $2.500 Mixed Hold'em 507 Gavin Smith $268.238
45 $1.500 No Limit Hold'em 3.097 Jesse Rockowitz $721.373
46 $5.000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better 284 Chris Bell $327.040
47 $1.000 No Limit Hold'em 3.128 Shawn Busse $485.791
48 $2.500 Mixed Event 453 Sigurd Eskeland $260.497
49 $1.500 No Limit Hold'em 2.543 Michael Linn $609.493
50 $5.000 Pot Limit Omaha 460 Chance Kornuth $508.090
51 $3.000 Triple Chance No Limit Hold'em 965 Ryan Welch $559.371
52 $25.000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed 191 Dan Kelly $1.315.518
53 $1.500 Limit Hold'em Shootout 548 Brendan Taylor $184.950
54 $1.000 No Limit Hold'em 3.844 Marcel Vonk $570.960
55 $10.000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship 346 Daniel Alaei $780.599
56 $2.500 No Limit Hold'em 1.941 Tomer Berda $825.976
57 $10.000 No Limit Hold'em Championship (Main Event) 7.319 TBD $8.944.138

Frank Kassela Takes Over Lead in Player of the Year Race at WSOP

00:30 UTC July 3, 2010 by Seth Shafer

The world's top poker players always place a lot of stock in winning the Player of the Year award at the WSOP, as it's seen as a true test of skill since it rewards the player with the best overall performance throughout all of the WSOP.

Frank Kassela and John Juanda have been battling for the lead in the latter stages of the 2010 WSOP, with Kassela pulling ahead based on his performance in Event #52 $25,000 NLHE 6 Max event, where he's currently sitting 6th in chips with 16 players remaining. He's already won two bracelets during this year's WSOP and another big finish in Event #52 might just wrap up the Player of the Year title for Kassela.

2010 WSOP Tournament of Champions Field is Set

15:42 UTC June 17, 2010 by Seth Shafer

Harrah's has brought back the $1 million Tournament of Champions freeroll for this year's WSOP, and for the first time opened up many of the 27 seats to voting from poker fans.

While 7 seats were reserved, the remaining 20 players in the Tournament of Champions freeroll (which will be held Sunday, June 27th) were decided by a public online vote, with the only restriction being that a player had to have won a WSOP event in the past to be eligible.

With no further ado, here are the voting results and the full 27 player Tournament of Champions field:

RANK NAME VOTES
1 PHIL IVEY 16,267
2 DANIEL NEGREANU 16,239
3 DOYLE BRUNSON 13,796
4 PHIL HELLMUTH 12,673
5 CHRIS FERGUSON 11,585
6 ALLEN CUNNINGHAM 10,486
7 JOHNNY CHAN 10,434
8 SCOTTY NGUYEN 9,834
9 BARRY GREENSTEIN 9,806
10 JOHN JUANDA 8,835
11 ERIK SEIDEL 8,802
12 JENNIFER HARMAN 8,206
13 HUCK SEED 8,180
14 DAN HARRINGTON 7,342
15 T.J. CLOUTIER 6,281
16 SAM FARHA 6,085
17 HOWARD LEDERER 5,596
18 GREG RAYMER 5,404
19 JOE HACHEM 5,272
20 ANTONIO ESFANDIARI 5,129
Automatic ANNIE DUKE 2004 TOC WIN
Automatic MIKE MATUSOW 2005 TOC WIN
Automatic MIKE SEXTON 2006 TOC WIN
Automatic JOE CADA 2009 WSOP MAIN EVENT WIN
Automatic BARRY SHULMAN 2009 WSOP EUROPE MAIN EVENT WIN
Sponsor Exemption BERTRAND ElkY GROSPELLIER WSOP ACADEMY PLAYOFF
Sponsor Exemption ANDREW BARTON WSOP.com UK ONLINE QUALIFIER

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